Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
The Murkrille Guqniret.
YORKVILLE, s. C. /:
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1887,

YORKVILLE, s. c.:
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1887.
THE STATES FINANCES.
Comptroller General Stoney's report to
the Legislature is an elaborate paper, con-
tanning besides the usual information on
matters connected with his office, several
recommendations to the Legislature for
curing defects in the present system of as
sessing property and collecting taxes. Re-
garding the last fiscal year, he says:
The assessed value of property, accord
ing to the settlements, was $l46,O5O,3H,
which was a loss of S5,444, 623 as compared
with the valuation of the preceding year.
The State tax upon this valuation, on a
levy of ST mills, was $766,S7S, to which
small items of cost, 1865, making in all the
sum of S771, 1893. Deductions and nulla
bopas amounted to S12,S1S, leaving $780,
O2O to be accounted for, or 500, 1916 less than
last year. Of the amount for which the
treasurers were responsible, S749,2 39 was
collected, and 1873, 9S7, or $139,S00 to each
mill of levy, was paid into the State treas
ury. The amount per mill was $1,000 less
than last year, due to the decrease Of pen
alties by abolishing the May collection
and to the increase Of lands delinquent.
The whole amount of the public debt is
put down at Sc, 1893, 742.54.
On the subject of county debts the comp
troller says:
The aggregate debts, other than the
State debt, is S7,529, III, of which but $780,
369 are for floating debts. Of the whole
amount, S2,253,6Ss represent county and
township debts, while S., rs, 0S3 are mu-
nicipal debts, that of the city of Charles
ton alone being 81, 050, 1923. The only other
cities having debts OF any magnitude are
Columbia, 1856, 912; Georgetown, $4,000,
and Greenville Ss4, 600. The total bonded
debts ofthe counties and townshipshave in
creased in two years from $1,342, 5O6 to 81
1874, 369-a difference of SS4l 1863; while the
floating debts have increased from $44,34S
to 500, 319-a difference Of $24,971. The
bonded debts of cities have increased from
S., 2992, 300 to S., 255, 933-a difference of$22,-
1888; the floating debts having increased
from $16,9OS to $21, 050-a difference OF
$4,142. The aggregate increase for coun-
ties and towns has been 1884, 7O9. AS no
statement could be obtained last year,
these comparisons are made with the state
ment in my report Of November, 1885.
Barnwell, Darlington and Sumter show
no debts, either bonded or floating. Thir-
teen counties show no bonded debt and
nineteen no floating debt. Of the bonded
debts of counties and townships, amount
ing to 50, 1874, 1863, only $4,000 were issued
for county purposes, while the balance of
50, 125, 700, or 81 per cent. were issued IN
seventeen counties SIS subscriptions to
railroads. Of the municipal bonds S241,-
200 are for railroad subscriptions issued by
the towns of Anderson, Edgefeld, George
town, Greenville, S~partanburg and Wal
halla. The whole amount of railroad sub
scription bonds in nineteen counties (in-
Guiding town bonds) is $780, 900 to meet
the interest upon which requires an n
al tax of $780, 45.
INTERNAL REVENUE IN SOUTH CARO-
LINA.-A Washington dispatch to the
NeUs and Courier says: "The annual report
of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
which has been promulgated, contains a
complete history of the internal revenue
collections in South Carolina as we'll as in
all the other States and Territories. The
aggregate collections during last year, re-
ported by Collector d. Frank Bradley for
the District of South Carolina, were $780,
1865. Twelve illicit stills were seized
and destroyed, eight persons were arrested
and one officer was wounded. at twenty
one cigar manufactures 25,533 pounds OF
tobacco were used to make ] ,O53, $50 cigars.
From 1866 pounds of leaf tobacco 81 1856
pounds were manufactured at the single
factory in the State. Special taxes are
paid by l rectifier, 1901 retail liquor deal
ers, 20 wholesale liquor dealers, 20 manu-
f~acturers of cigars. 6729 dealers in manu-
featured tobacco, 2 brewers, II retail deal
ers in malt liquors and II wholesale deal
ers in malt liquors. There are lG grain
distilleries registered and IA operated. OF
the frst-class % are registered, and all OF
them are operated"
Of the sixteen distilleries above referred
to, one is located at Bethany, York county,
and operated by w. R. Lowry.
On the subject of school farms in the
State, the report says:
An Act was passed during the last SEES
sion of Congress, March Sd, 1887, provid-
ing for the redemption and sale of the
school farm lands now held by the United
States in Beaufort county, S. G., acquired
under the direct tax laws.
March oath, 1887, regulations were is
sued, Circular No. 3O9), stating the pro-
visions Of law and the manner by which
the original owners, heirs-at-law, devisees,
or grantees could obtain redemption. ,
There were eighteen of these school
farms owned by the United States, which
have been rented from year to year by the
collector of internal n
Amount collected as rent for the year
1856 50
Commissions paid as remuneration for
services of oyerseer. ~ so
Deposited 90
THE HIGHLAND FARMERs.-Under date
of last Saturday, the Columbia correspon-
dent of the Charleston Sunday News says: